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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

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Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min).

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A Sobering Year for Emergency Departments and Their Patients

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The Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance (EDBA) is a membership organization composed of high-performance emergency departments (EDs) that share a commitment to quality. Thus, the survey included data for about one-third of all patients seen in US ED’s in 2022.

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A First Look at Emergency Department Data for 2022

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The role of emergency physicians has been made dramatically more important due to the pandemic. The performance of EDs in 2020 and into 2021 changed abruptly, and that carried through into 2022. EDs weathered attacks from a variety of sources in recent years. This necessarily increased ED walkaway rates.

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A Safety Solution for Emergency Department Staff and Patients

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Physicians, nurses, and staff in emergency departments (EDs) across the country have encountered workplace violence for years. While staff exposure to this violence varies, literature shows nurses are most frequently exposed, with up to 90 percent having experienced workplace violence in their ED careers.

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SGEM#264: Hooked On A Feeling? Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: August 9th, 2019 Reference: Daoust et al. Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain. AEM August 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Volkow et al.

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Re-Engineering Flow in an Academic Emergency Department

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The emergency department (ED) at UVA was rebuilt in 2019 and the department had not fully optimized its operations when COVID-19 hit. Following the pandemic, the ED saw a surge in its volume as it raced through 60,000 to 80,000 visits per year.

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Post-Intubation Sedation and Analgesia

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Background: The immediate post intubation period in the ED is a critical time for continued patient stabilization. The reality of ever increasing ED volumes and longer boarding times to the ICU makes it imperative for emergency physicians to learn how to manage these critical patients. mg/kg over several minutes 0.02 – 0.1